stringer

Meanings

Plural: stringers

Noun

• a member of a squad on a team
  • "a first stringer"
  • "a second stringer"
• a worker who strings
  • "a stringer of beads"
• brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
• a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
• Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
• Someone who strings someone along.
• A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
• The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
• A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
• A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
• A person who plays on a particular string.
• Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
• A hard-hit ball.
• A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
• A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
• A libertine; a wencher.
• A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.

Synonyms

rail, stile